Roompact’s bulletin board competition is now closed and we’re ready to announce the winners. We received over 130 entires (!), so picking ten was incredibly difficult. Some boards did an excellent job at educating residents, while others were just beautiful! We tried to select a diverse group of winners that reflected the diversity of the submissions themselves.
Thank you to all who entered! Your ideas are now a resource for future RAs to use for inspiration.
Access our resource page for more ideas and examples of staff-created door decs and bulletin boards.
“With the new year rolling in, I know that residents are going to set new goals. So, I took this chance to teach how to really make those goals stick.”
Cassidy
University of Connecticut
“This board represents identity. I decided to go with a paint palette and multiple colors as it represents diversity and all walks of life. I used a cricut to make the “Identity” in the title. I hand painted plates for the paint palette and lamented the giant paintbrush that is attached to the green on the palette. I did a double border as well.”
Matthew
University of Nebraska – Lincoln
“Our theme is South Park, and the board is designed in layers so we can remove the snow and winter gear as the semester progresses into spring. The characters are modeled to look like me and the other RA on our floor.”
Abigail
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
“The theme of this board was mental health/self-care and I chose to focus on the self-care aspect. Each bug aligns with a bug from Animal Crossing and they flip up to reveal resources/information regarding various self-care methods.”
Andie
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Angelica
Rollins College
“I did a Five Nights at Freddy’s theme to go along with our dimensions of wellness theme for the month, and made reference to our hall name (Elizabeth)!”
Connor
Texas State University
“The bulletin board displays resources for our campus Rec Center. My residents are always there so I wanted to showcase resources they may not know about. My floor is also jungle themed so this bulletin board was the perfect addition to my floor.”
Bianca
University of Connecticut
“My submission for the bulletin board contest is my board for Hispanic Heritage Month. For the design of my board, I wanted to incorporate bright colors and traditional elements of Hispanic culture, such as the paper flowers found on the woman’s dress. To create the dress, I individually made each flower using tissue paper and glued them to the woman to create the dress. Around the board, I wanted to include more flowers, music notes, and slides with information about Hispanic culture.”
Ethan
Indiana State University
“My bulletin board is themed around How to Train Your Dragon and focuses on helping my residents develop their strengths. I asked each resident to share what they believe their strengths are, then I connected those strengths to campus organizations that can help them grow even further. I also included steps to guide them on their journey of improvement. The overall concept of the board is a map showing that we’re all navigating our own path toward self-improvement.”
Charley
University of Tennessee Martin
My bulletin board topic is succeed! I created a bulletin board that would pop out to residents that also has tips on how to succeed and keep pushing through until the end of the semester. The design is homemade paper flowers.
Other Awesome Entries
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Noah – Texas State UniversityDaryan – Texas State UniversityTatiana – University of Mary WashingtonKaitlyn – University of Colorado Colorado SpringsCarly – University of Mary WashingtonMadi – Indiana University BloomingtonBrittany – Texas Woman’s UniversityDiego – Youngstown State UniversitySofia – University of Texas at AustinXenia – University of North Carolina GreensboroRaisul – Texas State UniversityAnna – University of California BerkeleyKaylee – University of Illinois at Urbana-ChampaignCarleigh – University of Mary WashingtonEshita – University of ConnecticutRowan – University of PittsburghSelina – University of ConnecticutEmily – University of PittsburghKaylin – California State University Long BeachBlaise – Wake Forest UniversityChigo – Wake Forest UniversityOlivia – Indiana University BloomingtonCesarina – University of ConnecticutCarly – Illinois State UniversityIssa – UMass BostonMadison – Texas Tech UniversityGabriel – University of Texas at AustinMadeline – Georgia TechFlorence – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyMaddie – University of PittsburghOlivia – University of ConnecticutNia – Illinois State UniversitySpencer – University of ConnecticutRabiyatu – Rutgers University – CamdenGenesis – University of ConnecticutHeather – Rutgers New BrunswickAnya – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignJesus – The College of New JerseyEllie – Illinois State UniversityArmando – Wake Forest UniversitySurangana – Youngstown State UniversityBrooklynn – Arkansas Tech UnivrsityOwen – University of Nebraska KearneyLibby – Texas State UniversityIfemi – University of PittsburghHailee – Texas State UniversityMaggie – University of Tennessee at MartinChrista – Northern Illinois UniversityElsie – University of Mary WashingtonAbby – The University of Texas at AustinHallie – Northern Illinois UniversityKyra – Oregon State UniversityAutumn – Texas State UniversityJamie – Rutgers University CamdenMarjorie – University of Massachusetts AmherstGabriel – Indiana University BloomingtonKavya – University of Massachusetts AmherstNitish Lal – Indiana University BloomingtonSuzonna – University of ConnecticutRiley – Oregon State UniversitySarah – University of PittsburghAva – University Of Massachusetts AmherstNatasha – University of ConnecticutJennifer – Rutgers University New BrunswickMarinna – Indiana University BloomingtonAmanda – Rutgers University in New BrunswickSunmisola – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignTaylor – Indiana UniversityKatelin – Northern Illinois UniversityThomas – East Texas A&M UniversityPaisley – The College of New JerseyRiad – University of ConnecticutZee – Texas State UniversityCeylin – University of ConnecticutJake – University of North DakotaEllie – University of Massachusetts AmherstBrian – University of Massachusetts AmherstNya – University of MemphisMahalia – West Texas A&M UniversityFaith – University of Texas at AustinRitika – University of ConnecticutRyan – University of Massachusetts AmherstKatelyn – West Virginia UniversityNatalie – University of ConnecticutAlexa – University of IdahoImmanuel – Wake Forest UniversityElla – University of ConnecticutKyah – Oregon State UniversityJulia – Central Washington UniversityElijah – Wentworth Institute of TechnologyDana – Illinois State UniversityCrystal – Northern Illinois UniversityJerica – University of North Carolina GreensboroJ – University of North Carolina GreensboroNemyaka – University of ConnecticutKenneth – University of ConnecticutMia – Texas Tech UniversitySydney – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignGareth – Texas State UniversityAshley – West Virginia UniversityBrandon – University of California BerkeleyImani – Northern Illinois UniversityCamila – University of California IrvineMolly – Ohio UniversityClaire – University of California IrvineHadassah – University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignBrittney – University of Mary WashingtonJustin – University of Texas at DallasAmelie – Texas State UniversityBenjamin – Illinois State UniversityLeonel – University of ConnecticutJade – Indiana State UniversityCaroline – University of ConnecticutRuth – UMass BostonGenesis – University of ConnecticutDestiny – Georgia Institute of TechnologyLogan – Oregon State UniversityLorenzo – University of ConnecticutMichalena – University of ConnecticutMarra and Wyatt – West Virginia UniversityRay – Texas State UniversityMargeaux – University of Mary WashingtonNikori – Syracuse UniversityNichelle – North Carolina A&TKira – Illinois State UniversityJackie – West Texas A&M UniversityCarmine – University of Nebraska KearneyAadita – University of ConnecticutLana – Vanderbilt University
